Homes in Virginia Water sell for a median £830,000
That is the middle of 179 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 3.7 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
Half of Virginia Water’s sales are detached houses
179 homes sold in three years: 89 detached houses, 36 semi-detached houses, 17 terraced houses and 37 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 3.6 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£1.3M
median sale · 89 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£850K–£2.5M
Last 12 months
£1.2M23 sold
Semi-detached houses£625K
median sale · 36 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£575K–£850K
Last 12 months
£680K17 sold
Terraced houses£795K
median sale · 17 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£510K–£910K
Flats and maisonettes£348K
median sale · 37 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£308K–£450K
Last 12 months
£287K8 sold
The mix
Mostly detached: half of homes sold stand on their own plot
Detached houses50%
Semi-detached houses20%
Terraced houses9%
Flats and maisonettes21%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Virginia Water’s homes sold for between £525K and £1.3M
One sale in ten was under £340K and one in ten over £2.9M. 3% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £830,000, sits in the £750K–1M band
179 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 3.7 times as much as in 1995, a slower rise than England’s
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £230,000 in 1995 to £850,000 in the last 12 months (£637,500 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
52 sales in the last 12 months, against 212 in 1999, the busiest year, and 56 in 2024. Sales fell by 30% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 28%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 43% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Virginia Water costs more than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Virginia Water, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£325K
£483K
£700K
£735K
£1.1M
£1.4M
£1.2M
Semi-detached houses
£111K
£207K
£298K
£400K
£465K
£681K
£680K
Flats and maisonettes
£75K
£150K
£234K
£250K
£390K
£414K
£287K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0% of sales in the last 12 months
384 new homes have been sold in Virginia Water since 1995; the share peaked at 41% in 1999.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
21% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 0% sold leasehold in Virginia Water. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Christchurch Road is Virginia Water’s busiest street, with 17 sales in three years
8 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 3 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Christchurch Road
GU25
17
£337,000
Mostly flats
2
Stroude Road (GU25)
GU25
14
£575,000
Mostly semi-detached houses
3
Station Parade
GU25
14
£425,350
Mostly flats
4
Trotsworth Avenue
GU25
8
£1,270,000
Mostly detached houses
5
Holloway Drive
GU25
7
£927,000
Mixed
6
Crown Road
GU25
7
£755,000
Mixed
7
Trumps Green Road
GU25
7
£600,000
Mixed
8
Whitehill Place
GU25
6
£332,500
Mixed
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Surrey
Virginia Water is the 6th most expensive of 66 towns in Surrey
Virginia Water is one of Surrey’s dearest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Virginia Water
What is the average house price in Virginia Water?
The median home in Virginia Water sold for £830,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 179 standard sales (£850,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £1,265,000, semi-detached houses £625,000, terraced houses £795,000 and flats and maisonettes £348,000.
Are house prices going up in Virginia Water?
The median was £852,500 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£830,000), and £850,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Virginia Water each year?
52 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 78 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Virginia Water?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Trotsworth Avenue (GU25, £1,270,000), Holloway Drive (GU25, £927,000) and Crown Road (GU25, £755,000).
Is Virginia Water expensive for Surrey?
Virginia Water is the 6th most expensive of 66 towns of 2,500 or more in Surrey by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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